Ongka's Big Moka (1974)
1h
Running Time
December 11, 1974Release Date
Ongka's Big Moka (1974)
1h
Running Time
December 11, 1974Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
The film follows Ongka's struggles to accumulate huge numbers of pigs and other items of value to present at a Moka ceremony to another tribe.
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Cast & Crew.
Ongka
Himself
Andrew Strathern
Himself - Anthropologist
Charlie Nairn
Director
Ernest Vincze
Cinematographer
Shelagh Brady
Editor
Details.
This Movie Is About.
anthropology
Wiki.
Ongka's Big Moka: The Kawelka of Papua New Guinea is a 1970s documentary film, part of Granada Television's Disappearing World Series which ran from 1969–1993. It was first aired in the UK on 11 December 1974, and was subsequently aired in the US in 1976. Andrew Strathern served as consulting anthropologist for the film.